People

Former Members

Joshua Lentz

• PhD student in Intelligent Systems and Robotics (co-advisor: David Fries, IHMC) (Graduated with PhD degree)

Dissertation: "Navigation in Featureless Environments using Enhanced Phase Correlation" [Link]

Bhavyansh Mishra (Website)

• PhD student in Intelligent Systems and Robotics (co-advisor: Robert Griffin, IHMC) (Graduated with PhD degree)

Dissertation: "Perceptive Locomotion on Bipedal Humanoid Robots for Traversing Unknown and Challenging Environments" [Link]

Stephane Lee

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with PhD degree)

Thesis: "Image Segmentation-Based Scene Understanding using a Text-to-Image Model for Autonomous Robot Navigation" [Link]

• BS student in Mechanical Engineering

Project: "Autonomous Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance using Quadruped Robotic Platform in Unstructured and Dynamic Environments"

Nathan Rayon

• MS student in Computer Science (Graduated with MS degree)

Thesis: "Object Detection with Visual Question Answering Using a Team of Multi-Agent UAVs"

Sean Bridges

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with MS degree)

Thesis: "Development of a Brushless Cycloidal Robotic Actuator for Assistive Exoskeleton Research" [Link]

Raymond Stevens

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with MS degree)

Project: "Autonomous Drone Photogrammetry"

Terrance Williams

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with MS degree)

Thesis:  "Leader-Follower-based Collaborative Navigation of a UGV-UAV Formation" [Link]

Hunter Ayers

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with MS degree)

Thesis:  "Development of an Object Detection and Tracking Pipeline for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in a Simulated Environment" [Link]

Shane Smith

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with MS degree)

Thesis: "A Rapid Structure from Motion (SfM) Based 3-D Modeling Framework Using a Team of Autonomous Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS)" [Link]

Stefan Wheeless

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with MS degree)

Project: "How to Swarm: Parameter Analysis on Entropy-Based Distributed Behavior Model for UAVs"

Philip Bailey

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with MS degree)

Project: "Image Segmentation-Based Traversability Assessment for Navigation of Unmanned Vehicles"

Joshua Bohannon

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with MS degree)

Project: "Prototype Development for Small Object Retrieval in Domestic Environments"

Braylee Brown

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with MS degree)

Project: "Autonomous Navigation of Underwater Vehicle with Static and Dynamic Obstacles"

Rafael de Sa Lowande 

• MS student in Engineering (Graduated with MS degree)

Thesis: "Visual Question Answering (VQA) Analyses for Post-Disaster Damage Detection and Identification using Aerial Footage" [Link]

Nicholas Sebasco

• MS student in Mathematics (Graduated with MS degree)

Thesis: "Traversable Region Identification from Post-Disaster Aerial Footage Using Graph Based Image Segmentation" [Link]

Andrew Clevenger

• MS student in Computer Science (Graduated with MS degree)

Project: "Towards UAV-Based Post-Disaster Damage Detection and Localization: Hurricane Sally Case Study"

Brooke Babin

• BS student in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Project: "Battlefield-Integrated Reconnaissance Drone (BIRD): Hardware Integration"

Carson Salvator

• BS student in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Project: "Battlefield-Integrated Reconnaissance Drone (BIRD): Software Development"

Keanu Peoples

• BS student in Mechanical Engineering

Project: "Battlefield-Integrated Reconnaissance Drone (BIRD): Mechanical Prototyping"

Gabriel Broom

• BS student in Computer Science

Project: "Visual Question Answering for Post-Disaster Response using Multi-Agent UAVs"

Luke Fina

• BS student in Mechanical Engineering

Project: "Entropy based Distributed Behavior Modeling for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems"

Brendon Ortolano

• BS student in Mechanical Engineering

Project: "Enhancing Unmanned Maneuver through Mission-based Traversability Assessment (MeTA) Tool"

Amanda Serger

• BS student in Mechanical Engineering

Project: "Design of an Assistive Robotic Platform for Non‐Urgent and Non‐Emergent Healthcare Tasks"

Darius Bethel

• MS student in Engineering

Project: "Path Planning using Enhanced Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) Approach for Unmanned Vehicles"

Normandy Tanguilan

• MS student in Engineering

Project: "Design and Implementation of an Assistive Robotic Platform for Non-Urgent and Non-Emergent Healthcare Tasks"

Danielle Novinski

• MS student in Data Science (co-advisor: Salih Kocak, UWF)

Project: "Genetic Programming for Asphalt Design"

Grady Wright

• BS student in Mathematics

Project: "Optimization Techniques in Cyber Threat Model Analysis"

Tomas Escobar

• BS student in Mechanical Engineering

Project: "Fault Tolerant Formation Flight for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Flying in same Airspace"

Renan Barbosa

• BS student in Mechanical Engineering

Project: "An Adaptive Hybrid Gripper Design for Industrial and Service Robotic Platforms"

Samantha Kammerer

• BS student in Mechanical Engineering

Project: "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe ASLAN R.A.W.R (Research, Analysis, Workshop, and Refinement) Project"

Davi Oliveira De Camargo

• MS student in Engineering

Project: "Air Data Sensor FDI using Wind Field Estimation from Multiple UAVs Flying in same Airspace"